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inc1 – Increment (easy version)

Write a program that reads a single number and prints its increment, i.e. its value added to one.

2 plus 1 is 3

Your program should read from the standard input and print to the standard output. The standard input and output devices are usually the keyboard and screen of a command line session. Here are a few example sessions:

$ ./inc1
2
3

$ ./inc1
123
124

Input and Output

The input contains a single line with one integer x where

0 ≤ x ≤ 100 000.

The output should contain a line with a single integer y where y = x + 1 and should be terminated by a line break.

Example input 1

2

Example output 1

3

Example input 2

123

Example output 2

124

The inc function

Your program should be implemented using an inc function that receives one integer as argument and returns an integer. Please refer to the information for the chosen language:

The inc function should not print anything. It should just perform the computation and return an integer. The function and input/output processing must exist in the same program. Create a single submission with the function and main program. If you’re confused, try earning a partial score first.

Specifically for this exercise when using Python, JavaScript, Lua or Ruby, avoid using sys.exit(), process.exit(), os.exit() or exit, as your program is appended with some extra assertions in one of the test sets.

Scoring

Submit your solution to be graded according to the following list:

Hints

  1. Automated judge: Keep in mind that when your program is submitted it will not be run by a human but instead by an automated judge. Instructions should be followed exactly or the judge will not give you a full score.

    Your program should not print messages like Please type a number: or The increment is 10. Instead, just print the resulting number followed by a line break as in the example output.

  2. Exit immediately: Your program should print the addition result then exit immediately. Do not use system("pause"), sleep(1) or anything of sorts.

  3. Redirecting input: On most systems (Windows / Linux / OS X), it is possible to redirect the standard input and output of your program to files, like so:

    $ ./inc1 <inputfile.txt >outputfile.txt
    

    If you create a plain text file with the “example input”, the above command should produce a plain text file with the “example output”.

  4. Windows users: On Windows, you should not use ./ to run a program in the current directory, do instead:

     C:\> inc1.exe
     41
     42
    
  5. Easier exercises: If you have difficulty with this exercise, try the hello and repeat1 exercises first.

  6. Beware of the data types. Users of Python and dinamically-typed languages beware. The inc function will be tested with proper integer values as its argument and not with integers encoded in strings. For example, it will be tested as inc(123) but never as inc("123").

  7. Further information. Sections 4.4. Functions and 4.5. Operators of the Computer Science by Example book

try first: repeat1

try also: triple1

try next: add1

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